Villages come alive with scarecrow festivals that provide spring, summer and autumn festivities. Local residents showcase their creativity by fashioning scarecrows out of various materials, showcasing them in front of their houses and along the streets. Visitors can explore the scarecrow trail, solve riddles, and appreciate the handcrafted scarecrows made by the community.

If you wish to participate in the Scarecrow Trail, 2025 programmes cost: 

• One Adult Entry with Trail Map - £5
• Two Adult Entries with Trail Maps - £8
• One Child Entry with Quiz Sheet - £3
• Two Child Entries with Quiz Sheets - £5

All proceeds go towards great local causes, but don't worry if you can't afford to buy a trail map, you can wander around Urchfont and enjoy the Scarecrows and festival atmosphere at your leisure.

Programmes are sold from the Programme Tent by the village pond. We do not sell advance copies.

Yes - and we'd love visitors to use it whenever possible. Buses operate from Devizes. Please visit the Faresaver site for up-to-date timetables.

If you are driving to the festival, please park in one of our dedicated car parks. On entering the village you will see signs and officials who will guide you to a free car park. 

Once parked, please make your way to the village pond to begin your Scarecrow Festival journey. Click here for map.

Please do not park in the village as this can cause traffic delays and endanger visitors.

Disabled parking is available at the village hall.

Accessible parking is available at Urchfont Primary School or in the layby of the school driveway.

If you're unsure, please ask any traffic marshal and they will direct you.

Normally, it doesn't take that long to get through the village to the car parks, however on sunny days-  especially on bank holidays, there can be queues. Our volunteers do their best to keep traffic moving. 

Please consider coming to the festival on the Saturday or Sunday to avoid congestion, and leave in plenty of time. Car sharing is also a great way to help both the environment and traffic flow.

There are a number of toilets suitable for able and disabled users around the village. Please see the trail map for locations. 

There is  a wide selection of food and drink at the Festival from barbecue to sweet treats. Please see the map for locations. 

Most tents in the festival take both cash and card. In the unfortunate event that our card machines are not behaving, it might be useful to bring a little cash - just in case.

YES, YES. YES!

Absolutely.

Dogs with well-behaved owners are more than welcome. There are a number of locations where water bowls are available for our furry friends.

We do ask that dogs are kept on leads and under control at all times and please note, due to hygiene reasons, we do not allow dogs in the tea tent (unless support dogs).

It's top secret. You will have to visit the festival to find out.

To see previous years' themes, click >here<

We have a supply of reasonably priced pens and pencils that you can buy should you not bring your own. We recommend you use a pencil when filling in the trail map - and bring an eraser just in case.

You can hand in your answer sheet to the programme tent at the pond or you can post them into the red post box at the village green. 

Answers must be submitted by 8 pm on the final day of the festival to be marked and entered into the lucky prize draw. Incomplete sheets will also go into the draw.

Please make sure you include your contact details on the front so we can let you know if you're a winner.